Is.L 52

Text Information

Siglum
Is.L 52
Transliteration
l ẓnnʾl bn ʾṣmʿn bn ṯḥwm
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Translation
By Ẓnnʾl son of ʾṣmʿn son of Ṯḥwm
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 1073: ʾṣbʿn for ʾṣmʿn and {ʾs¹}<>lm for ṯḥwm.
Commentary
Area A. One of the forks of the two ʾs is closed by carving a line between the branches of the fork thus forming a triangle. Despite this pecularity they are different from the ṣ which has a semi-circular (and not triangular) loop. It is possible that the ṯ of ṯḥwm is in fact an ʾ or even a ṣ with both loops closed but as the author has apparently tried to avoid confusion it is more likely to be a ṯ.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
L 51
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026454
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA